Strengthening the RTE Act to Promote Educational Equity and Fraternity
On 13th January 2026, in a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court issued directions to ensure the strict implementation of the Right of Children to Free & Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act).
Case Overview
- Case Title: Dinesh Biwaji Ashtikar Vs. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
- Bench: Justice P. S. Narasimha and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar.
What SC Said?
Vision of the RTE Act
- The RTE Act aims to provide elementary education to all children in a common institutional environment, without discrimination based on caste, class, gender, or financial status.
- Section 12 of the Act ensures that children from all ....
Do You Want to Read More?
Subscribe Now
To get access to detailed content
Already a Member? Login here
Take Annual Subscription and get the following Advantage
The annual members of the Civil Services Chronicle can read the monthly content of the magazine as well as the Chronicle magazine archives.
Readers can study all the material since 2018 of the Civil Services Chronicle monthly issue in the form of Chronicle magazine archives.
India Watch
- 1 Supreme Court Affirms Environmental Responsibility as Core to CSR
- 2 Anti-Terrorism Conference, 2025
- 3 Report on Review of AMRUT Scheme
- 4 Supreme Court Reinforces Limits on Narco-Analysis
- 5 Performance Review of National Statistical Commission
- 6 Good Governance Week 2025: Prashasan Gaon Ki Ore
- 7 Supreme Court Expands Victim Definition in Criminal Revisions
- 8 Constitution of India Released in Santhali Language
- 9 Comprehensive Internship Policy
- 10 Review of Mechanism to Curb Fake News
